Our Place Shanghai Tea Garden (212) 753-3900 141 East 55th Street Manhattan $ All major cards The Shanghai dishes are rich, satisfying and beautifully rendered.

I Trulli ** [Rating: Two Stars] (212) 481-7372 122 East 27th Street Manhattan $$$ All major cards I Trulli is a restaurant for all seasons.

Gramercy Tavern (212) 477-0777 42 East 20th Street Manhattan $$$$ All major cards Tom Colicchio cooks with extraordinary confidence, creating dishes characterized by bold flavors and unusual harmonies.

Veritas (212) 353-3700 43 East 20th Street Manhattan $$$ All major cards At Veritas wine is so important that the place could be called a wine cellar with a restaurant attached.

Manhattan: Culbertson, 24 Fifth Avenue Honors, 115 East 57th Street Manhattan, 27 West 72nd Street.

Nature Fabrilis' Stiebel Modern 32 East 57th Street Manhattan Through Aug. 14 The title of this uneven group show was invented for the occasion.

Pipa (212) 677-2233 38 East 19th Street Manhattan $$ All major cards Pipa, a Spanish word for "a great time," has modest ambitions.

Da Antonio ++ (212)588-1545 157 East 55th Street Manhattan $$ All major cards The pastas are superb at this gracious, quietly dignified restaurant.

I Trulli ** [rating: two stars] (212)481-7372 122 East 27th Street Manhattan $$ All major cards I Trulli is a restaurant for all seasons.

Silk Building 14 East Fourth Street Manhattan An 18,215-square-foot third-floor commercial condominium has its own lobby and elevator in this 12-story 1908 building between Broadway and Lafayette Street.

Our Place Shanghai Tea Garden (212) 753-3900 141 East 55th Street Manhattan $ All major cards The Shanghai dishes are rich, satisfying and beautifully rendered.

I Trulli ** [Rating: Two Stars] (212) 481-7372 122 East 27th Street Manhattan $$$ All major cards I Trulli is a restaurant for all seasons.

Gramercy Tavern (212) 477-0777 42 East 20th Street Manhattan $$$$ All major cards Tom Colicchio cooks with extraordinary confidence, creating dishes characterized by bold flavors and unusual harmonies.

Veritas (212) 353-3700 43 East 20th Street Manhattan $$$ All major cards At Veritas wine is so important that the place could be called a wine cellar with a restaurant attached.

Manhattan: Culbertson, 24 Fifth Avenue Honors, 115 East 57th Street Manhattan, 27 West 72nd Street.

Nature Fabrilis' Stiebel Modern 32 East 57th Street Manhattan Through Aug. 14 The title of this uneven group show was invented for the occasion.

Pipa (212) 677-2233 38 East 19th Street Manhattan $$ All major cards Pipa, a Spanish word for "a great time," has modest ambitions.

Da Antonio ++ (212)588-1545 157 East 55th Street Manhattan $$ All major cards The pastas are superb at this gracious, quietly dignified restaurant.

I Trulli ** [rating: two stars] (212)481-7372 122 East 27th Street Manhattan $$ All major cards I Trulli is a restaurant for all seasons.

Silk Building 14 East Fourth Street Manhattan An 18,215-square-foot third-floor commercial condominium has its own lobby and elevator in this 12-story 1908 building between Broadway and Lafayette Street.